[citation][nom]m8r-xjiiil[/nom]So, based on that comment the whole PC industry exists only cause of games and DirectX ? Isn't that a little naive ?[/citation]
microsoft a while back when open gl was getting more and more support, ran better, and had less problems than direct x, launched a fud, and worked with everyone on making direct x exclusive to most games.
now what was the indirect things that happened due to that?
opengl is multiplatform, meaning that if you want games, must have microsoft
many kids played games, and at the time, the best of the best was on the pc
because people went i need it for work, and home use, my kid will want to play games, so i have to get microsoft
because of that, the install base grew, and what do businesses use?
answer, what people are use to unless you need a special application that requires otherwise
and due to people using windows, they get windows because they know windows.
and when people get frustrated with windows, and most of these people are the power users, not the average consumer, they either get off windows, because they dont need it anymore, or they grudgingly use it because they want to play games.
if we had most if not all games running on linux naively without a hassle. most gamers would move over to it, because we do not need windows at that point.
because they move over to linux for personal use, buisnesses would start looking into linux because thats what people use
software would start looking at it because thats what people use
the more software, the less people will be willing to pay a 100-400$ premium for microsoft
and soon, like within 10 years, you would see most systems are linux, with the exception of businesses that require windows or macs for legacy hardware, or in macs case, because thats their personal choice (a dumb one but their right to do so)